Matthews To Palin Expose Author: Offstage Is She Still The ?Glittery Person? With The Nice Hand?
Chris Matthews knew Sarah Palin was ?very good on stage? but was most interested in learning from Frank Bailey, author of Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years, what Palin was truly like behind the scenes. Bailey suggested that when he first met Palin she was a regular, down-to-earth person, but that once she got a taste of power she revealed herself to be someone who was ?very, very thin-skinned? and obsessed with every minor criticism of her.
Matthews thought Palin was all show business and asked Bailey, ?is Sarah Palin different than this sort of glittery person that comes out with the nice hand ? and always looks attractive and upbeat and positive and loving the masses?? Bailey surprisingly tried to convince Matthews that ?she?s not dumb, she is smart ? she does read, she reads a lot.? This admission left Matthews perplexed as he couldn?t figure out why if she did actually read, then why did Palin have difficulty answering Katie Couric?s famous newspaper question?
Bailey says it was painful for him to have watched the Couric interview, but offered a unique explanation for Palin?s lack of an answer. Bailey argues ?she didn?t want to seem too Alaskan? with what she read, and instead ?wanted to be bigger than that.? A plausible theory since she was also so heavily managed by the poorly run John McCain campaign, that she was likely worried about saying the wrong thing, and less concerned with saying nothing at all. Strangely Matthews suggested that the moment was great for Couric?s career, yet given the fact that the CBS Evening News never rose out of third place in the ratings, there?s a legitimate argument to be made that the former CBS anchor?s high-profile handling of Palin may have been a primary reason why Couric couldn?t draw any new viewers after that.
By offering some complimentary words about Palin alongside his harsh critique, Bailey?s overall credibility rose in this appearance, since a willingness to paint a full portrait of someone is always more believable than just unloading insults without taking a breath.
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